放下屠刀，立地成佛

Chinese

		to repent and mend one's ways; to turn over a new leaf		immediately; at once; instantly immediately; at once; instantly; to stand	to get enlightenment and become a Buddha; to attain nirvana
trad. (放下屠刀，立地成佛)		放下屠刀	，	立地	成佛
simp. #(放下屠刀，立地成佛)		放下屠刀	，	立地	成佛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàngxiàtúdāo, lìdìchéngfó

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄉㄠ , ㄌㄧˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ haa⁶ tou⁴ dou¹, laap⁶ dei⁶ sing⁴ fat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàngxiàtúdāo, lìdìchéngfó
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄉㄠ , ㄌㄧˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàngsiàtúdao, lìdìchéngfó
    • Wade–Giles: fang⁴-hsia⁴-tʻu²-tao¹, li⁴-ti⁴-chʻêng²-fo²
    • Yale: fàng-syà-tú-dāu-, lì-dì-chéng-fwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqshiahtwudau, lihdihcherngfor
    • Palladius: фансятудао, лидичэнфо (fansjatudao, lidičɛnfo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ tʰu³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ fu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong³ haa⁶ tou⁴ dou¹, laap⁶ dei⁶ sing⁴ fat⁶
    • Yale: fong hah tòuh dōu, laahp deih sìhng faht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ haa⁶ tou⁴ dou¹, laap⁹ dei⁶ sing⁴ fat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong³ ha⁶ tou⁴ dou¹, lab⁶ déi⁶ xing⁴ fed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ haː²² tʰou̯²¹ tou̯⁵⁵ laːp̚² tei̯²² sɪŋ²¹ fɐt̚²/

Proverb

放下屠刀，立地成佛

1. One can quickly become a good person if one repents and mends one's ways